Week 9 SRS Ratings: When Will Oregon Stop Scoring?

by Chase Stuart on October 28, 2012

Oregon’s offense is ridiculous, and its defense and special teams aren’t far behind. Entering this weekend, Oregon had outscored opponents 234-46 … in the first half. Prior to their game against Colorado, Bill Connelly ranked Oregon as the third best defense in college football. Against the horrible Buffaloes, the Ducks didn’t disappoint.

Oregon jumped out to a 28-0 lead after the first quarter, and led 56-0 by halftime. Backup quarterback Bryan Bennett led the team with three touchdowns in the 70-14 rout. De’Anthony Thomas rushed for 97 yards on five carries and scored on a 73-yard punt return. Kenjon Barner had 9 carries for 104 yards and 2 touchdowns, and if not for the one-yard score, would have averaged 12.9 yards per carry; he also caught a 48-yard pass.

For the Ducks, this was a going-through-the-motions victory against a very overmatched opponent. Soon, though, we’ll find out a little more about the Ducks. On Saturday, they go to Los Angeles to face a talented but inconsistent USC team. And while California isn’t a serious threat, the Ducks close with games against Stanford and Oregon State, who may at least be able to slow down the mighty Ducks offense. For now, though, Oregon looks like the one hope to make for an exciting BCS National Championship Game.

We can assume Alabama will take one spot, with Oregon, Kansas State and Notre Dame battling for the other golden ticket. The odds of another all-SEC title game dropped with the Florida loss to Georgia. That’s because the Bulldogs now have the inside track on winning the SEC East, with a head-to-head victory over Florida. South Carolina beat Georgia, but UGA will essentially win the division due to luck of the draw. South Carolina drew Arkansas and LSU in Baton Rouge from the SEC West this year, while Georgia gets to play Ole Miss and Auburn — their final two conference opponents. Assuming the Bulldogs can take care of business against Ole Miss next week, their ticket to Atlanta should be secure. Considering Florida could have boosted their SOS against Florida State — and also faced and defeated LSU — replacing Florida with Georgia as the SEC East champion lowers the odds of that division sending a team to Miami.

Without further ado, below are the week 9 SRS ratings. As always, thanks to Dr. Peter R. Wolfe for publishing his game results.

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Rk	Team	Conf	Conf Rk	G	MOV	SOS	SRS	REC
1	Alabama	SEC	1	8	27.6	43.7	71.3	8-0
2	Kansas St	B12	1	8	22.5	43.8	66.3	8-0
3	Oregon	P12	1	8	27.2	38.7	65.9	8-0
4	Notre Dame	IND	--	8	14.6	48.5	63.1	8-0
5	Oklahoma	B12	2	7	17.2	45.6	62.9	5-2
6	Florida	SEC	2	8	13.7	47.8	61.5	7-1
7	Texas A&M	SEC	3	8	17.8	43	60.8	6-2
8	Florida St	ACC	1	9	24.7	31.6	56.4	8-1
9	South Carolina	SEC	4	9	12	44.3	56.3	7-2
10	Texas Tech	B12	3	8	11.8	44.4	56.1	6-2
11	LSU	SEC	5	8	13.7	41.7	55.4	7-1
12	Oregon St	P12	2	7	8.4	46.8	55.2	6-1
13	Georgia	SEC	6	8	12.9	42.2	55.1	7-1
14	Southern Cal	P12	3	8	13.7	40.3	53.9	6-2
15	Ohio State	B10	1	9	13.5	40.3	53.8	9-0
16	Stanford	P12	4	8	7.1	46.7	53.8	6-2
17	Arizona St	P12	5	8	11.9	41.2	53.2	5-3
18	Arizona	P12	6	8	5.3	47.5	52.9	5-3
19	Oklahoma St	B12	4	7	14.8	37.7	52.5	5-2
20	Texas	B12	5	8	7.9	44.3	52.1	6-2
21	Utah St	WAC	1	9	16.4	35.3	51.7	7-2
22	Michigan	B10	2	8	7.6	43.5	51.2	5-3
23	Brigham Young	IND	--	9	9.6	41.5	51	5-4
24	Clemson	ACC	2	8	15.4	35.5	51	7-1
25	Fresno St	MWC	1	9	13.2	37.1	50.2	6-3
26	Iowa St	B12	6	8	4.2	45.9	50.1	5-3
27	UCLA	P12	7	8	8.4	41.6	50	6-2
28	Boise St	MWC	2	8	13.6	35.8	49.4	7-1
29	Wisconsin	B10	3	9	7.7	41.6	49.4	6-3
30	Mississippi St	SEC	7	8	12.9	35.8	48.7	7-1
31	Nebraska	B10	4	8	10.3	38.4	48.7	6-2
32	Mississippi	SEC	8	8	4.8	43.3	48.1	5-3
33	Michigan St	B10	5	9	3.4	44.1	47.5	5-4
34	Louisiana Tech	WAC	2	8	16	30.8	46.8	7-1
35	Northern Illinois	MAC	1	9	16.6	29.9	46.6	8-1
36	North Carolina	ACC	3	9	13.4	33.1	46.5	6-3
37	TCU	B12	7	8	8.5	37.7	46.2	5-3
38	West Virginia	B12	8	7	2	44.1	46.1	5-2
39	Baylor	B12	9	7	0.8	45.2	46	3-4
40	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun	1	8	11.5	34.2	45.7	6-2
41	San José St	WAC	3	8	9.6	36.1	45.7	6-2
42	Penn State	B10	6	8	8.1	37.5	45.6	5-3
43	Missouri	SEC	9	8	-0.9	46.2	45.3	4-4
44	Northwestern	B10	7	9	7	38.3	45.3	7-2
45	Tennessee	SEC	10	8	-0.2	45.3	45.1	3-5
46	Utah	P12	8	8	-1.7	46.7	45.1	3-5
47	Cincinnati	BgE	1	7	12.9	31.6	44.4	5-2
48	Central Florida	CUS	1	8	12.7	31.5	44.2	6-2
49	Washington	P12	9	8	-6.6	50.6	44.1	4-4
50	Tulsa	CUS	2	8	12.2	31.8	43.9	7-1
51	Louisville	BgE	2	8	9.6	34.1	43.7	8-0
52	Rutgers	BgE	3	8	11.8	31.5	43.3	7-1
53	California	P12	10	9	-3.2	45.5	42.3	3-6
54	North Carolina St	ACC	4	8	4.6	37.7	42.2	5-3
55	Miami FL	ACC	5	8	-3.9	45.9	42	4-4
56	Arkansas	SEC	11	8	-3.3	45.3	42	3-5
57	San Diego St	MWC	3	9	8.6	33.3	41.9	6-3
58	Purdue	B10	8	8	-0.8	42.3	41.5	3-5
59	Vanderbilt	SEC	12	8	2.6	38.5	41.1	4-4
60	Western Kentucky	Sun	2	8	7.4	33.6	41	6-2
61	Kent St	MAC	2	8	10.3	30.6	40.9	7-1
62	Iowa	B10	9	8	-1.3	41.8	40.5	4-4
63	Syracuse	BgE	4	8	0.8	39.6	40.4	4-4
64	Toledo	MAC	3	9	8.2	32	40.2	8-1
65	Minnesota	B10	10	8	1.9	38.3	40.2	5-3
66	Indiana	B10	11	8	3	37.1	40.1	3-5
67	SMU	CUS	3	8	4.1	35.8	39.9	4-4
68	Virginia Tech	ACC	6	8	3	35.9	38.9	4-4
69	Navy	IND	--	8	2.1	36.2	38.3	5-3
70	Nevada	MWC	4	9	6.3	31.7	38.1	6-3
71	Air Force	MWC	5	8	6.7	30.9	37.6	5-3
72	Ball St	MAC	4	9	1.9	35.4	37.2	6-3
73	Pittsburgh	BgE	5	8	4.9	32.3	37.2	4-4
74	South Florida	BgE	6	8	-3.1	40	36.9	2-6
75	Duke	ACC	7	9	2.3	34.4	36.7	6-3
76	Kansas	B12	10	8	-12.4	48.6	36.2	1-7
77	Arkansas St	Sun	3	8	4.2	32	36.2	5-3
78	Georgia Tech	ACC	8	8	1.6	34.3	35.9	3-5
79	Auburn	SEC	13	8	-13.6	49.1	35.5	1-7
80	Middle Tennessee St	Sun	4	8	2.4	32.8	35.2	5-3
81	Washington St	P12	11	8	-9.4	44.4	35	2-6
82	Ohio U.	MAC	5	8	11.6	23.2	34.7	7-1
83	Kentucky	SEC	14	9	-13.8	48.3	34.5	1-8
84	Louisiana-Lafayette	Sun	5	7	4.6	29.8	34.5	4-3
85	Bowling Green	MAC	6	9	8	26.3	34.3	6-3
86	Houston	CUS	4	8	-1.8	35.9	34.1	4-4
87	New Mexico	MWC	6	9	-1.4	35.3	33.9	4-5
88	Troy	Sun	6	8	0.9	32.5	33.4	4-4
89	East Carolina	CUS	5	9	-1.7	34.7	33	5-4
90	Maryland	ACC	9	8	1	31.8	32.8	4-4
91	Texas St-San Marcos	WAC	4	7	-3.8	35.9	32.2	3-4
92	Temple	BgE	7	7	-4.5	36	31.5	3-4
93	Western Michigan	MAC	7	9	-2.2	33.7	31.5	3-6
94	Marshall	CUS	6	8	-2.7	34.2	31.5	3-5
95	Boston College	ACC	10	8	-7.4	38.5	31.1	2-6
96	UTEP	CUS	7	9	-8.8	39.2	30.4	2-7
97	Connecticut	BgE	8	8	-2.1	32.3	30.2	3-5
98	North Texas	Sun	7	8	-4.9	35	30.1	3-5
99	Rice	CUS	8	9	-4	34	30	3-6
100	UNLV	MWC	7	9	-11.8	41.2	29.4	1-8
101	Florida Atlantic	Sun	8	8	-9.9	38.5	28.5	2-6
102	Wyoming	MWC	8	8	-11.4	40	28.5	1-7
103	Virginia	ACC	11	8	-9.3	37.3	28	2-6
104	Alabama-Birmingham	CUS	9	8	-8.4	36.3	27.9	1-7
105	Wake Forest	ACC	12	8	-7.9	35.8	27.9	4-4
106	Colorado St	MWC	9	8	-11.8	39.4	27.7	2-6
107	Illinois	B10	12	8	-12.3	39.7	27.4	2-6
108	Central Michigan	MAC	8	8	-8.8	35.9	27.1	3-5
109	Florida Int'l	Sun	9	9	-10.7	36.3	25.6	1-8
110	Buffalo	MAC	9	8	-11.2	36.6	25.5	1-7
111	Miami OH	MAC	10	8	-9.8	35.1	25.3	4-4
112	Colorado	P12	12	8	-20.9	44.9	24	1-7
113	South Alabama	Sun	10	8	-10	33.7	23.7	2-6
114	Texas-San Antonio	WAC	5	8	3.5	19	22.5	5-3
115	Eastern Michigan	MAC	11	8	-14.6	36.9	22.3	1-7
116	Akron	MAC	12	9	-10.3	32.3	22.1	1-8
117	Army	IND	--	8	-12.8	34.7	22	1-7
118	Tulane	CUS	10	8	-17.6	39.2	21.7	2-6
119	Southern Miss	CUS	11	8	-19.4	40.2	20.7	0-8
120	New Mexico St	WAC	6	8	-12.5	32.5	20	1-7
121	Memphis	CUS	12	8	-15.4	35.3	19.9	1-7
122	Hawai`i	MWC	10	7	-17.1	36.6	19.4	1-6
123	Idaho	WAC	7	8	-20.4	37.2	16.8	1-7
124	Massachusetts	MAC	13	8	-24.9	36.1	11.2	0-8

Fun update: you can now view every game by an FBS school this season over at the Football Perspective NCAA Games page. I think that’s one of the coolest pages on college football out on the web. But if you want to look at just week 9 results, check out the table below:

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Rank	Tm_Conf	PF	Opp	PA	H/R	W/L	Diff	MOV	OppConf	SOS	SRS
1	Notre Dame_IND	30	Oklahoma	13	Road	Win	17	20	B12	62.9	82.9
2	Kansas St_B12	55	Texas Tech	24	Home	Win	31	26	B12	56.1	82.1
3	Alabama_SEC	38	Mississippi St	7	Home	Win	31	26	SEC	48.7	74.7
4	Texas A&M_SEC	63	Auburn	21	Road	Win	42	34.5	SEC	35.5	70
5	Georgia_SEC	17	Florida	9	Neut	Win	8	8	SEC	61.5	69.5
6	Florida St_ACC	48	Duke	7	Home	Win	41	31	ACC	36.7	67.7
7	Oklahoma St_B12	36	TCU	14	Home	Win	22	19	B12	46.2	65.2
8	Central Florida_CUS	54	Marshall	17	Road	Win	37	32	CUS	31.5	63.5
9	Oregon_P12	70	Colorado	14	Home	Win	56	38.5	P12	24	62.5
10	Nebraska_B10	23	Michigan	9	Home	Win	14	11	B10	51.2	62.2
11	Brigham Young_IND	41	Georgia Tech	17	Road	Win	24	25.5	ACC	35.9	61.4
12	Utah_P12	49	California	27	Home	Win	22	19	P12	42.3	61.3
13	Ohio State_B10	35	Penn State	23	Road	Win	12	15	B10	45.6	60.6
14	Navy_IND	56	East Carolina	28	Road	Win	28	27.5	CUS	33	60.5
15	UCLA_P12	45	Arizona St	43	Road	Win	2	7	P12	53.2	60.2
16	Arkansas St_Sun	50	Louisiana-Lafayette	27	Road	Win	23	25	Sun	34.5	59.5
17	Kent St_MAC	35	Rutgers	23	Road	Win	12	15	BgE	43.3	58.3
18	Boise St_MWC	45	Wyoming	14	Road	Win	31	29	MWC	28.5	57.5
19	Iowa St_B12	35	Baylor	21	Home	Win	14	11	B12	46	57
20	Pittsburgh_BgE	47	Temple	17	Home	Win	30	25.5	BgE	31.5	57
21	Michigan St_B10	16	Wisconsin	13	Road	Win	3	7	B10	49.4	56.4
22	Tennessee_SEC	35	South Carolina	38	Road	Loss	-3	0	SEC	56.3	56.3
23	Clemson_ACC	42	Wake Forest	13	Road	Win	29	28	ACC	27.9	55.9
24	Washington_P12	20	Oregon St	17	Home	Win	3	0	P12	55.2	55.2
25	Minnesota_B10	44	Purdue	28	Home	Win	16	13	B10	41.5	54.5
26	Missouri_SEC	33	Kentucky	10	Home	Win	23	20	SEC	34.5	54.5
27	Fresno St_MWC	49	New Mexico	32	Road	Win	17	20	MWC	33.9	53.9
28	Arizona_P12	39	Southern Cal	36	Home	Win	3	0	P12	53.9	53.9
29	Southern Cal_P12	36	Arizona	39	Road	Loss	-3	0	P12	52.9	52.9
30	Air Force_MWC	48	Nevada	31	Home	Win	17	14	MWC	38.1	52.1
31	Utah St_WAC	48	Texas-San Antonio	17	Road	Win	31	29	WAC	22.5	51.5
32	North Carolina_ACC	43	North Carolina St	35	Home	Win	8	7	ACC	42.2	49.2
33	Mississippi_SEC	30	Arkansas	27	Neut	Win	3	7	SEC	42	49
34	Northern Illinois_MAC	48	Western Michigan	34	Road	Win	14	17	MAC	31.5	48.5
35	Northwestern_B10	28	Iowa	17	Home	Win	11	8	B10	40.5	48.5
36	Florida_SEC	9	Georgia	17	Neut	Loss	-8	-8	SEC	55.1	47.1
37	Washington St_P12	17	Stanford	24	Road	Loss	-7	-7	P12	53.8	46.8
38	SMU_CUS	44	Memphis	13	Home	Win	31	26	CUS	19.9	45.9
39	Mississippi St_SEC	7	Alabama	38	Road	Loss	-31	-26	SEC	71.3	45.3
40	Kansas_B12	17	Texas	21	Home	Loss	-4	-7	B12	52.1	45.1
41	South Carolina_SEC	38	Tennessee	35	Home	Win	3	0	SEC	45.1	45.1
42	Rice_CUS	44	Southern Miss	17	Home	Win	27	24	CUS	20.7	44.7
43	Indiana_B10	31	Illinois	17	Road	Win	14	17	B10	27.4	44.4
44	Louisville_BgE	34	Cincinnati	31	Home	Win	3	0	BgE	44.4	44.4
45	Oregon St_P12	17	Washington	20	Road	Loss	-3	0	P12	44.1	44.1
46	Middle Tennessee St_Sun	38	North Texas	21	Home	Win	17	14	Sun	30.1	44.1
47	Syracuse_BgE	37	South Florida	36	Road	Win	1	7	BgE	36.9	43.9
48	Cincinnati_BgE	31	Louisville	34	Road	Loss	-3	0	BgE	43.7	43.7
49	Texas_B12	21	Kansas	17	Road	Win	4	7	B12	36.2	43.2
50	Oklahoma_B12	13	Notre Dame	30	Home	Loss	-17	-20	IND	63.1	43.1
51	Arizona St_P12	43	UCLA	45	Home	Loss	-2	-7	P12	50	43
52	Vanderbilt_SEC	49	Massachusetts	7	Home	Win	42	31.5	MAC	11.2	42.7
53	Stanford_P12	24	Washington St	17	Home	Win	7	7	P12	35	42
54	Arkansas_SEC	27	Mississippi	30	Neut	Loss	-3	-7	SEC	48.1	41.1
55	Wisconsin_B10	13	Michigan St	16	Home	Loss	-3	-7	B10	47.5	40.5
56	Florida Atlantic_Sun	34	Troy	27	Home	Win	7	7	Sun	33.4	40.4
57	Texas Tech_B12	24	Kansas St	55	Road	Loss	-31	-26	B12	66.3	40.3
58	Bowling Green_MAC	24	Eastern Michigan	3	Home	Win	21	18	MAC	22.3	40.3
59	San José St_WAC	31	Texas St-San Marcos	20	Home	Win	11	8	WAC	32.2	40.2
60	Central Michigan_MAC	35	Akron	14	Home	Win	21	18	MAC	22.1	40.1
61	North Carolina St_ACC	35	North Carolina	43	Road	Loss	-8	-7	ACC	46.5	39.5
62	Baylor_B12	21	Iowa St	35	Road	Loss	-14	-11	B12	50.1	39.1
63	Penn State_B10	23	Ohio State	35	Home	Loss	-12	-15	B10	53.8	38.8
64	Michigan_B10	9	Nebraska	23	Road	Loss	-14	-11	B10	48.7	37.7
65	Texas St-San Marcos_WAC	20	San José St	31	Road	Loss	-11	-8	WAC	45.7	37.7
66	Houston_CUS	45	UTEP	35	Home	Win	10	7	CUS	30.4	37.4
67	San Diego St_MWC	24	UNLV	13	Home	Win	11	8	MWC	29.4	37.4
68	Iowa_B10	17	Northwestern	28	Road	Loss	-11	-8	B10	45.3	37.3
69	Louisiana Tech_WAC	28	New Mexico St	14	Road	Win	14	17	WAC	20	37
70	Western Kentucky_Sun	14	Florida Int'l	6	Road	Win	8	11	Sun	25.6	36.6
71	Tulane_CUS	55	Alabama-Birmingham	45	Home	Win	10	7	CUS	27.9	34.9
72	South Alabama_Sun	24	Louisiana-Monroe	38	Road	Loss	-14	-11	Sun	45.7	34.7
73	Louisiana-Monroe_Sun	38	South Alabama	24	Home	Win	14	11	Sun	23.7	34.7
74	Miami OH_MAC	23	Ohio U.	20	Home	Win	3	0	MAC	34.7	34.7
75	UNLV_MWC	13	San Diego St	24	Road	Loss	-11	-8	MWC	41.9	33.9
76	Toledo_MAC	25	Buffalo	20	Road	Win	5	8	MAC	25.5	33.5
77	TCU_B12	14	Oklahoma St	36	Road	Loss	-22	-19	B12	52.5	33.5
78	South Florida_BgE	36	Syracuse	37	Home	Loss	-1	-7	BgE	40.4	33.4
79	Ball St_MAC	30	Army	22	Road	Win	8	11	IND	22	33
80	Boston College_ACC	20	Maryland	17	Home	Win	3	0	ACC	32.8	32.8
81	Buffalo_MAC	20	Toledo	25	Home	Loss	-5	-8	MAC	40.2	32.2
82	Colorado St_MWC	42	Hawai`i	27	Home	Win	15	12	MWC	19.4	31.4
83	Maryland_ACC	17	Boston College	20	Road	Loss	-3	0	ACC	31.1	31.1
84	New Mexico_MWC	32	Fresno St	49	Home	Loss	-17	-20	MWC	50.2	30.2
85	Florida Int'l_Sun	6	Western Kentucky	14	Home	Loss	-8	-11	Sun	41	30
86	New Mexico St_WAC	14	Louisiana Tech	28	Home	Loss	-14	-17	WAC	46.8	29.8
87	Western Michigan_MAC	34	Northern Illinois	48	Home	Loss	-14	-17	MAC	46.6	29.6
88	Colorado_P12	14	Oregon	70	Road	Loss	-56	-38.5	P12	65.9	27.4
89	Purdue_B10	28	Minnesota	44	Road	Loss	-16	-13	B10	40.2	27.2
90	UTEP_CUS	35	Houston	45	Road	Loss	-10	-7	CUS	34.1	27.1
91	Auburn_SEC	21	Texas A&M	63	Home	Loss	-42	-34.5	SEC	60.8	26.3
92	Army_IND	22	Ball St	30	Home	Loss	-8	-11	MAC	37.2	26.2
93	California_P12	27	Utah	49	Road	Loss	-22	-19	P12	45.1	26.1
94	Rutgers_BgE	23	Kent St	35	Home	Loss	-12	-15	MAC	40.9	25.9
95	Georgia Tech_ACC	17	Brigham Young	41	Home	Loss	-24	-25.5	IND	51	25.5
96	Duke_ACC	7	Florida St	48	Road	Loss	-41	-31	ACC	56.4	25.4
97	Ohio U._MAC	20	Miami OH	23	Road	Loss	-3	0	MAC	25.3	25.3
98	Kentucky_SEC	10	Missouri	33	Road	Loss	-23	-20	SEC	45.3	25.3
99	Nevada_MWC	31	Air Force	48	Road	Loss	-17	-14	MWC	37.6	23.6
100	Illinois_B10	17	Indiana	31	Home	Loss	-14	-17	B10	40.1	23.1
101	Wake Forest_ACC	13	Clemson	42	Home	Loss	-29	-28	ACC	51	23
102	Texas-San Antonio_WAC	17	Utah St	48	Home	Loss	-31	-29	WAC	51.7	22.7
103	Troy_Sun	27	Florida Atlantic	34	Road	Loss	-7	-7	Sun	28.5	21.5
104	North Texas_Sun	21	Middle Tennessee St	38	Road	Loss	-17	-14	Sun	35.2	21.2
105	Wyoming_MWC	14	Boise St	45	Home	Loss	-31	-29	MWC	49.4	20.4
106	Eastern Michigan_MAC	3	Bowling Green	24	Road	Loss	-21	-18	MAC	34.3	16.3
107	Hawai`i_MWC	27	Colorado St	42	Road	Loss	-15	-12	MWC	27.7	15.7
108	Alabama-Birmingham_CUS	45	Tulane	55	Road	Loss	-10	-7	CUS	21.7	14.7
109	Memphis_CUS	13	SMU	44	Road	Loss	-31	-26	CUS	39.9	13.9
110	Marshall_CUS	17	Central Florida	54	Home	Loss	-37	-32	CUS	44.2	12.2
111	Temple_BgE	17	Pittsburgh	47	Road	Loss	-30	-25.5	BgE	37.2	11.7
112	Louisiana-Lafayette_Sun	27	Arkansas St	50	Home	Loss	-23	-25	Sun	36.2	11.2
113	East Carolina_CUS	28	Navy	56	Home	Loss	-28	-27.5	IND	38.3	10.8
114	Massachusetts_MAC	7	Vanderbilt	49	Road	Loss	-42	-31.5	SEC	41.1	9.6
115	Akron_MAC	14	Central Michigan	35	Road	Loss	-21	-18	MAC	27.1	9.1
116	Southern Miss_CUS	17	Rice	44	Road	Loss	-27	-24	CUS	30	6

Entering week 9, there were 11 undefeated teams, including the post-season ineligible Ohio State Buckeyes. Of the remaining 10 teams, only half of them remain unblemished. Ohio, Rutgers, Mississippi State, Oregon State, and Florida all lost this week, giving us a group of four undefeated teams, since nobody seems to care much about Louisville.
Congrats to Bill Snyder, Collin Klein and the Kansas State Wildcats for running their record to 8-0. In what looked to be a tough matchup, the Wildcats ended up defeating Texas Tech 55-24 as Klein threw for two touchdowns and rushed for two more. Still, the game was 13-10 at halftime and 27-17 with 20 minutes to go, before Kansas State slammed its foot on the pedal. With the win, K-State is now #2 in the SRS.
The Big 10 is almost certainly going to have Wisconsin in its championship game, which just played a game that nobody should have ever watched. I can’t say it any better than this: “After rushing for 804 yards in its last two games [against Purdue and Minnesota], Wisconsin managed a measly 19 yards rushing, its fewest in five years. Michigan State recovered a botched punt at the Wisconsin 11, only to be forced to punt after going minus-23 yards.
The world’s largest outdoor cocktail party between Florida and Georgia in Jacksonville took us back to 1936. The Gators had 13 drives in the game, and none of them were good. Four ended on fumbles and two on interceptions, with two of those turnovers coming in the Georgia end zone. Three drives ended on punts, where Florida gained a total of 13 yards; a 26-yard drive ended on downs. That leaves the three drives that ended in field goals — a 5-yard drive where the Gators gained possession at the Georgia 10, a 15-yard drive where Florida started on the UGA 43, and a 15-play, 75 yard drive where the team self-destructed inside the red zone — as the three candidates for best drive of the day.
Ohio wasn’t any good — they ranked 77th in the SRS last week – but even I didn’t see them losing to a previously pitiful Miami of Ohio. The Redhawks ranked 112th in the SRS last week, with its three wins coming over Massachusetts (0-8), Akron (0-8 against FBS schools), and an FCS school (Southern Illinois).
Oregon’s game against the Trojans lost a bit of its luster, as USC fell to Arizona, 39-36. An Arizona team, you may recall, that lost 49-0 to Oregon. Still, with Matt Barkley, Robert Woods, and Marqise Lee, you never know when USC will bring their A game. One man not to blame for the loss? Lee, who gained 16 catches for 345 yards (the fifth most in FBS history) and two scores. Last year, the Trojans went into Eugene and knocked off Oregon, 38-35.

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